John Chandler

John Chandler (1 February 1762-25 September 1841) was a member of the US House of Representatives (DR-MA 17) from 4 March 1805 to 3 March 1809, succeeding Phineas Bruce and preceding Barzillai Gannett, and a US Senator from Maine from 14 June 1820 to 3 March 1829, preceding Peleg Sprague.

Biography
John Chandler was born in Epping, New Hampshire in 1762, and he served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he borrowed money and bought a farm near Monmouth, Kennebec County, Massachusetts (now in Maine). He served in the State Senate from 1803 to 1805 and in the US House of Representatives, and he served as a Brigadier-General in the US Army during the War of 1812, being wounded at the Battle of Stoney Creek. In 1820, he became one of Maine's inaugural US Senators, serving until 1829. He died in 1841.